Trip #8 to DR ? Boca Chica (again)
Although this was officially trip #8, I can?t count the first few because I did the AI resorts then and didn?t venture out much.
OK, I?ve been around DR a lot, but I still feel compelled to spend at least some of my trip in Boca Chica. I?ve gone there so much that I know a lot of the locals by their first name and they know me. I even met DR1 infamous ?Badpiece? :rambo: a year ago; this guy looks like a NY?er, but moves around DR like a local. I tried to keep up with him, but gave up very fast.
I?m mixed in ethnicity so everyone I?ve ever met assumes I?m Spanish (that works to my advantage).
Yeah, Boca Chica isn?t the hopping place it once was, but it can be a lot of fun if you follow some simple rules:
1. Don?t wear T-Shirts that read ?DR?, ?I love DR? etc.
2. Try not to carry a camera in plane site (I don?t bring one at all)
3. Don?t smile at every girl you see.
I hung out this week with some locals that I know; we all watched El Tigres win the championship. We had a lot of beers and a lot of fun.
My Spanish is average to good, but I still need some work on verbs.
Some odd and funny parts of the trip:
1. I saw a kid pushing a 3-wheeled bike with a basket of fish at about 9am; I saw that same kid about 5pm (I doubt he sold all of the fish from this morning, so that means those fish were in the sun for at least 7 hours. :lick: )
2. I watched a truck with fruits and eggs ride around for hours; I asked a guy what he thought about eggs being in the heat all day, his answer was, ?Well, chickens site on eggs, right?? How could I respond to that.
3. I watched a women call the police on someone because the guy didn?t pay her for sex (this still blows my mind every time I see it).
4. While on the way to the disco, a guy says to me, ?he you want some coca?? I said no. ?do you want a nice lady?? I said no. ?how about you take a little coca and I send a lady to your hotel? I said ?LOOK, I DON?T WANT COCA OR A LADY NOR DO I WANT COCA AND A LADY; I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BEER AND WATCH THE GAME, BEAT IT?!
Anyway, Hotel Europe is still an ok place to stay, but I would suggest going to Casa Coca just up the street for breakfast. The service is better and the foot is pretty good.
I know DR has a lot to offer, but I still have fun in Boca Chica.
- The CEO
Although this was officially trip #8, I can?t count the first few because I did the AI resorts then and didn?t venture out much.
OK, I?ve been around DR a lot, but I still feel compelled to spend at least some of my trip in Boca Chica. I?ve gone there so much that I know a lot of the locals by their first name and they know me. I even met DR1 infamous ?Badpiece? :rambo: a year ago; this guy looks like a NY?er, but moves around DR like a local. I tried to keep up with him, but gave up very fast.
I?m mixed in ethnicity so everyone I?ve ever met assumes I?m Spanish (that works to my advantage).
Yeah, Boca Chica isn?t the hopping place it once was, but it can be a lot of fun if you follow some simple rules:
1. Don?t wear T-Shirts that read ?DR?, ?I love DR? etc.
2. Try not to carry a camera in plane site (I don?t bring one at all)
3. Don?t smile at every girl you see.
I hung out this week with some locals that I know; we all watched El Tigres win the championship. We had a lot of beers and a lot of fun.
My Spanish is average to good, but I still need some work on verbs.
Some odd and funny parts of the trip:
1. I saw a kid pushing a 3-wheeled bike with a basket of fish at about 9am; I saw that same kid about 5pm (I doubt he sold all of the fish from this morning, so that means those fish were in the sun for at least 7 hours. :lick: )
2. I watched a truck with fruits and eggs ride around for hours; I asked a guy what he thought about eggs being in the heat all day, his answer was, ?Well, chickens site on eggs, right?? How could I respond to that.
3. I watched a women call the police on someone because the guy didn?t pay her for sex (this still blows my mind every time I see it).
4. While on the way to the disco, a guy says to me, ?he you want some coca?? I said no. ?do you want a nice lady?? I said no. ?how about you take a little coca and I send a lady to your hotel? I said ?LOOK, I DON?T WANT COCA OR A LADY NOR DO I WANT COCA AND A LADY; I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BEER AND WATCH THE GAME, BEAT IT?!
Anyway, Hotel Europe is still an ok place to stay, but I would suggest going to Casa Coca just up the street for breakfast. The service is better and the foot is pretty good.
I know DR has a lot to offer, but I still have fun in Boca Chica.
- The CEO